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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;satootoko, post: 57848, member: 669&quot;]Hi Ben.&nbsp; Welcome to the forum.</p><p>Statistically, the odds are pretty good that you have either a contemporary counterfeit, or even more probably a replica. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie3" alt=":(" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>Neither the Red Book nor the Standard Catalog of World Coins gives any information about weight of the Massachusetts Colony Pine Tree coinage, but there are two planchet sizes, (22-26mm and 27-31mm), which makes the weight of your coin suspect, unless it is on the very smallest planchet.&nbsp; By comparison, modern U.S. half dollars are just under 31mm, and weigh 11.5-12.5g, so the expected weight of the shilling would be in the vicinity of 8g small/12g large.</p><p><br /></p><p>There are many different varieties, commonly including reversed or missing letters, and a couple of die sizes.&nbsp; According to Krause, the large die/small planchet variety is believed to be a contemporary fake.</p><p><br /></p><p>If at all possible, please post clear pictures of both sides of your coin.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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